Fossa 2

Fossa 2

These are solitary animals, congregating only to mate. A litter usually contains 2 or 3 young. Being the largest of the carnivores in Madagascar their are many folk tales which enshroud the fossa. Legends which arise from the tribes in Madagascar include the belief that the fossa will steal sleeping babies or lick the faces of people sleeping out of doors, putting them into a trance so that they may be disemboweled. [BM] {FW}